April 2015

In this issue …

 

TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT

Metropolitan Water District Leases Reveal Increasing Price for Reliable Water Supplies

 

MARKET INDICATORS

CBT Market Indicator: Prices Exceed $25,000/unit

 

JOW CORNER

California Steps toward Statewide Centralized Water System

Will DWR Reduce SWP Allocation in Response to California’s Worsening Hydrologic Conditions?

 

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

Phase 2 of San Diego/MWD Wheeling Case Commences

Colorado’s Southern Delivery System Reaches Major Milestone

 

ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST

Montecito Water District Continues to Face Challenges in Its Effort to Meet Short-Term Water Needs

New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission Passes Rules that Take Strain off of Freshwater Supplies, Reduce Risk of Contamination

 

COMMENTARY & EDITORIALS

California Water Supplies Will Last But Crisis Remains

Environmental Leader Faults Environmentalists for Lack of Vigilant Opposition to Water Projects

 

BLOGS & COLUMNS

Bloggers Go Heavy on Recent Actions in California and Also Address the Drought and Policy Directions in the Colorado River Basin and Fracking

 

GENERAL INTEREST

WIFIA’s Bond Prohibition Blocks Water Project Financing

 

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

 

CAPITAL MARKETS